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I was sitting in the truck stop eating breakfast as the other drivers were calling for more gun laws and restrictions. Rather than debate them, I simply asked, “Would this have happened in Texas?” The consensus was that in Texas, half the crowd would have been armed, the idiot would have been fired back on, the cops would likely have killed the guy if the crowd hadn’t, and if not, given Texas’ willingness to punish, the guy would have been executed already.

Truth is it could have happened anywhere, but an armed people are not a defenseless people. The solution is not to make the people weaker and more vulnerable to the whims of evil. There are many levels here, but taking away our right to keep and bear arms is not the right option. It will only leave us more vulnerable.

Change is only good when it’s in the right direction. It’s time to change direction.

Every single year, Americans take the day off on July 4th and they celebrate everything that is good about America. We tend to be very proud of our achievements and we generally are not shy about talking about them. For example, today CNN is running a piece entitled “100 great things about America“. And you know what? There are a lot of great things about this country. I am not afraid to say that I love America. In many ways it has been a great light for the rest of the world since it was founded. However, things have changed. The United States has greatly fallen from where it once was. The truth is that America is rotting and decaying in thousands of different ways. We need to repent and go back to doing the things that once made this country great. The road that we are currently on is a path that leads to national suicide. So to be honest now is not really the time for happy celebrations. Rather, now is the time for weeping, mourning and deep reflection. We need to turn from our profligate ways and we need to return to the fundamental principles that the early Americans understood so well. As a nation we need to look into the mirror and understand just how bad our decline has been. We are a complete and total mess, and it is time to admit that.

The price of meat (and everything else going up) is sure going to put a damper on any weekend BBQs. It’s a shame. I’m a huge fan of the family BBQ. Some of the best memories are made over the summer, chomping down hamburgers, tossing the ball, and getting wet by the shore. Somehow we’re suppose to believe that the economy is recovering. Makes me wonder just how long a recession is supposed to last, but given a lack of leadership and moral conviction, it may well be a very long summer.

Recession… and when exactly do they call it a Depression?! Wait, they’re saving that word for a Republican White House.

Reading over some news today and saw that teen unemployment is extremely high. It’s not surprising given the economy and the influx of those “taking jobs Americans won’t do”, but it is unfortunate. Teens need those jobs to learn about responsibility and life. It is part of becoming an adult, and isn’t that what we are supposed to do? Help our children become adults? Encourage them to take on greater and greater responsibility? Then again, I’m sure that’s now considered abuse.

Seems to me the real abuse is preparing our children to live in a world that doesn’t exist. Isn’t that what they do in our schools? Sure, the might get offended by a USMC shirt, but I’m offended by their failure to fulfill their most fundamental task. They’re arresting parents for kids not going to school, not because they care about the kids, but because they’re broke. They created all of these administrative jobs that make huge salaries. They left less for the students, but they feel they own them. It wouldn’t be so objectionable if the children were more than cash cows to fund bloated pensions and administrative budgets. They don’t want God taught in the public schools, but they sure have a mighty high opinion of themselves.

I’m a big fan of home schooling for those who can do it.

There isn’t much government does well. I’m not an anarchist, but I am a huge fan of the Constitutional Republic and freedom. While fascism might make the trains run on time, seems to me that good ol’ American freedom and values did exactly that not so long ago. We did pretty well in fact. Socialism might promise to provide for the masses, but somehow the masses were provided for back when we valued things like people over government. God and family had a place in our nation, and the idea that faith should somehow be divorced from life was recognized as the pure stupidity it is. Neighbor actually ment something, and people weren’t afraid to help a stranger on the side of the road.

This is weird, especially the last paragraph. Quote, “One speculation in this report, however, does note that the scenario to be played out in late May, in Colorado, as planned by the Americans, does, indeed, mirror similar plans of the Russian General Staff of actions to be taken in the case of sudden civil war where “outside forces” would be called upon to protect the government from overthrow by internal forces or armed rebellion by the military.“

I am Christian. I am conservative. That alone is enough to throw out plenty of stereotypes.

I cast my first vote for Ronald Reagan and have voted Republican in every Presidential election except 1996, when I voted for and strongly supported Harry Browne, and in 2008. Fact is in ’08 I simply could not stomach the idea of John McCain on any level. That does not mean I voted for Barack Obama either. For the first time I did not vote for President. Some may argue that a vote taken from McCain was a vote for Obama, but I was sick and tired, as many of you are now, of the GOP putting forth RINOs and forcing us to vote for them. Frankly I have reached the point where I no longer wish to choose the scenic route to socialism and the death of the Republic. I suspect that many out there feel the same way.

I strongly support Ron Paul, and his campaign has revealed how far the establishment will go to shut out someone who reflects the values that made this nation great. In seeing the numbers of people who Ron Paul has reached, I have tremendous hope that our future is not as decided as some may wish. America still has a fight in her, and Americans are not ready to give up our inheritance.

The reasons why I am not now a registered Libertarian, even as I lean Libertarian, is based on a few issues. The first being the issue of illegal aliens. All parties have ignored this issue for various reasons, but I do believe strongly that our nation holds a basic duty to secure our borders and control who can come in and be a citizen. The negligence of our government to do that has created a huge mess that hurts illegals and Americans alike.

The Statue of Liberty is very cool, but that poem was never supposed to be public policy. It is not a Constitutional amendment. We never voted on it, and in fact when we have voted it has been clear; NO OPEN BORDERS. If you are here because you wish to be an American, by all means come, but if you wish to transform this nation, to impose your language, customs, or religion on us, go home. This is not your home. We need to see that our own are taken care of first before we extend charity and open arms to others. We do not allow 1.5 million illegals a year to flood our nation when so many Americans are out of work. They should not come if they will never ascribe to American values or identity. Out of many we are one people, and if we are not, our destruction is assured.

The LP position is as follows:

We support the removal of governmental impediments to free trade. Political freedom and escape from tyranny demand that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders. However, we support control over the entry into our country of foreign nationals who pose a credible threat to security, health or property.

As for free trade, I do not believe in unilateral free trade. We have numbers and resources, and these should be utilized to create fair trade. If a nation will not extend free trade with us, there is no reason we should allow them into our markets. China, a communist tyranny that uses slave labor, often Christians imprisoned for their faith, a regime that does not extend free trade to the U.S., should not be producing our products or selling in our marketplace. Therein is another reason I am not a big L libertarian.

The LP policy on abortion is as follows:

Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.

I believe abortion is a grave sin, but that ultimately the issue should be left to the states to decide. That is how our Republic was set up, and it works very well. Of course government should have a say in the matter, but the choice should be determined locally, like most issues, not federally. The same for homosexual marriage and other issues. The granting of these rights by a state should not ever be used to deny anyone their First Amendment right by forcing people of faith to support or provide these things. That was the real issue with the “War Against Women” and Sandra Fluke, it is an attempt to force people of faith to provide birth control and abortifacients to those who come to them. Churches are threatened with law suits for not allowing gay marriage. Who is cramming their views down everyone’s throats?

In a contest between God and man, God wins.

I’m not looking to write a book on the issue, but isn’t it time that there was someone who reflects the views of most Americans? Isn’t it time to set the Republicrat – Demican lie aside and recognize that neither side is working in our best interests? Liberals make up their own script, but there are some real issues. In those issues why would they trust the government or even want the government to address those things? Do they really believe that politicians (Obama included) paid for by the so called 1% are some how going to work for the people? Big business and big government are two sides of the same coin. Limit the power of the government and you directly limit the power of the elites over the masses.

The solution is with the people, not government. The solution is in restoring the Republic, and liberty to the people, in securing our future, and not selling out our grandchildren to pay for Bill Ayers vision of America.

Nixon was reelected in a landslide victory. His second term ended in his resignation after the Watergate scandal, a scandal which seems minor compared to Fast and Furious. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson both faced impeachment proceedings yet neither have come anywhere close to the actions of President Obama. A campaign has been started to Impeach Obama.

3) The passage of the Obamacare bill, under which Americans will be forced to buy health insurance, is clearly anathema to the Constitution. “The individual mandate is unprecedented and exceeds Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce. If it is allowed to stand, Congress will be able to impose any kind of economic mandate as part of any kind of national regulatory scheme,” writes Ilya Shapiro, a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute.

4) Obama’s role in the economic looting of America since he took office is unprecedented. Specifically, Obama violated the Constitution’s Takings and Due Process Clauses when he bullied the secured creditors of automaker Chrysler into accepting 30 cents on the dollar while politically connected labor unions and preferential others received better deals.